Motor-driven header and binder.



.M. L. SWGFFORD. MOTOR DRIVEN'HEADER AND BINDER. APPLICATION FILAED NOV. 14. 1916'.

Patented pr. 16, 1918.

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MOTOR DRIVEN HEADER AND BINDER.

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INVENTUM fm- Ss MARVIN' L. SWOFFORD, OF JUSTIN, TEXAS.

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN L. SwoFFoRD, a citizen of the United States, residingvat Justin, in the county of Denton and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MotoreDriven Headers and Binders, of which'the following `is a specification. l p

My invention has relation to that class of farming implements known as combined headers, binders and harvesters which are arranged to be pushed .through ythe field of grain to* becut, `boundV and harvested and in such connection it relates more particularly to the arrangement and construction of such an implement in so far as such construction and arrangement `permits of the use of an engine or motor mounted upon the frame of an implement for the driving of the mechanisms as well as the propulsion of the implement.

Heretofore in implements of this class' the motive power was a team ofhorses,mules or oxen and the power for driving the various heading, binding, stacking, etc., mechanisms was derived by chain connectionfrom one or both of the tractorl wheels of the-vehicle.

It is the main object of my invention to provide in such an implement a gasolene or similar engine mounted upon the main frame work of the vehicle and partly supporteu upon the main axle of said vehicle and to provide in conjunction with said en-y gine certain means and connections whereby the engine may drive the tractor wheels of `the implement and drive the means for operating the various mechanisms of the implement.

Broadly speaking the present invention resides irst in the provision of means or structure for supporting the engine partly upon the main axle of the implement and partly upon the main frame work of the implement; second in the provision of means whereby theengine maydrive the implement and the mechanisms -of the implement through separate and independent means; and third, as a necessary. part of the second subdivision of invention, the provision of means or structure whereby the operation of the engine, the driving of the implement and the driving of the mechanisms of said implement maybe controlled by the driver upon the seat at the rear of the implement.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the follow.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented yApi'. 16, 1918. I Application l-ed November 14, 1916. Serial No. 131,221. l j

ing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming' part here- 0f, in' Which Figure 1, is a top or plan view of a combined header and binder embodying the main features of my invention.

Fig. 2,- is a longitudinal sectional view of theimplement designed to illustrate one side ofdthe motor and auxiliaries in elevation, Fig.- 3, is an elevational view vof the opposite side of the implement.

.Referring to thev drawings 1 represents' the front axle upon which are mounted the tractor wheels 2. The usual rearwardly extending pole or shaft 3 is supported by the axle through lthe brace'bar 4 and said pole 3 at the rear end of the implement is supported on the rear or steer-ing wheel 5'.

The pole 3, brace bar 4 and axle 1 serve as supports for! a longitudinally extending frame or platform 6 upon which is mounted an explosion engine 7 of the usual gasolene,

or motor type. This platform 6 is sup-v` ported at the front end by blocks 8 interposed between said platform 6 and the axle 1 and it forms an integral part of, or is rigidly secured to, the intermediate portion of thepole 3. An oil tank 9 supported by the platform 6 isarranged at one side of the engine and is designed to feed the carbureter 10 of said engine. i The main or fly wheel shaft 11 of engine 7 is brought into andout of'operative connection with a driving shaft A12 by means of a clutch 13. rEhe driving'shaft 12 is provided at its rear end with two oppositely disposed miter gears 14 and 15 arranged to fbe shifted on the shaft 12 by means of the clutch 16. Either miter gear 14 or 15 may thus be brought into mesh with amiter gear 17 arranged on the end of a counterI shaft 1S extending at right angles to -the driving shaft 12.- This counter 4shaft 18 is provided with two sprockets and 20. As illus trated the-sprockets 19 and 2O are keyer1 onto said shaft 18 and both are driven when the miter gear 17 of shaft 18 is in mesh with one or the 4other of the miter gears 14 and 15 of shaft 12. These shifting gears 14 and` l'form a means for reversing the motion of counter shaft 18.

. Sprocket 19 of counter shaft 18 isr connected by chain 21 with a sprocket 22 con-v f seat 30. v

l chain 23 with the usual shaft 24 for driving the various heading, binding, etc., mecha-.

nisms of the implement.

Throttle 25 and clutch 13 of the engine are each connected by the rods, 26. and 27 respectively, with a. hand flever28 and 29 adjacent to the drivers seat 30 above the steering Wheel 5.

The clutch 16 31 controlled'by hand lever 32 at the drivers Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a farm implement of the character described, a pole for pushing the implement, an axle connected to the front end of the ole tractor Wheels turnin rvon said axle a steering Wheel supporting the rear end of is likewise operated by rod said' pole` and a seat arranged above the `steering vlheel, combined with a platform means controlled by the enginefor driving the tractor Wheels of the implement, an independent means controlled by said engine for operating the various mechanisms of the implement, means arranged adjacent to the seat for controllingthe operation of the engine, and means arranged adjacent to said seat for controlling respectively thedriving of the tractor Wheels and the" various mechanisms of the implement.

In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification.

MARVIN L. SWOFFORD. 

